Paul Baumgartner covered bowling, harness racing and more for The Plain Dealer
Visitation will be Monday April 12 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Avenue, Lorain. A memorial service will be conducted by the officers and members of the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame there at 7:00 p.m. Additional visitation will take place on Tuesday in First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sixth St. and Washington Avenue, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Reverend Jimmy Madsen and Reverend Dr. Linwood H. Chamberlain, Jr., Co-Pastors of the church will officiate. Burial will follow in Ridge Hill Memorial Park in Amherst Township.
The family encourages you to consider memorial contributions to the Lorain County Free Clinic, 3323 Pearl Avenue, Lorain, OH 44055.
To leave private on-line condolences for the family please visit www.gluvna.net.
By Grant Segall
April 07, 2010, 3:43PM
Sheffield -- When he wasn't covering sports, Paul Baumgartner liked to play, coach, officiate and honor them.
"Bummy" covered Lorain County scholastic sports, pro bowling, Northfield Park and more during 35 years at The Plain Dealer. He won several awards and led civic groups.
Baumgartner, 75, was found dead Tuesday, April 6, at home in Sheffield. Officials he died sometime between Sunday morning and Monday morning. For the rest of the PD obit click on: http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2010/04/paul_baumgartner_covered_bowli.html
The Morning Journal in Lorain also led the local section with a nice obits: http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/04/08/news/mj2566733.txtt
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